When roads appear jaguars decline: Increased access to an Amazonian wilderness area reduces potential for jaguar conservation.
Roads are a main threat to biodiversity conservation in the Amazon, in part, because roads increase access for hunters. We examine how increased landscape access by hunters may lead to cascading effects that influence the prey community and abundance of the jaguar (Panthera onca), the top Amazonian...
Main Authors: | Santiago Espinosa, Gerardo Celis, Lyn C Branch |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189740 |
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